Housing

The Episcopal Church of NH has offered land on a no-cost 98-year lease to the Portsmouth Housing Authority, Haven, and the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire.

The Supreme Judicial Court concluded the ballot question's exemption on rent control for religious facilities violated the state constitution.

The Felician Sisters, a religious order of nuns in Enfield, are converting and expanding a former young nun training building to create more than 40 affordable apartments for seniors.

A fully built accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, is on display on City Hall Plaza this week, along with workshops on permitting and financing.

Waypoint estimates 15,000 youth experience homelessness in New Hampshire each year. The organization's overnight shelter, free housing, drop-in centers, street outreach and counseling help many of them find safe, stable places to live.

“The idea of letting this opportunity go to waste when it is there right now is unconscionable, in my opinion,” said Jessica Radbord, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.

Vermont Gas Systems and Champlain Housing Trust want to pilot geothermal as a way to keep heating costs stable for people living in affordable housing.

The workers who help some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents are suffering themselves, according to a new study on homeless service providers.

The 2024 land-use overhaul is scheduled to begin taking effect this summer, and some farmers and rural Vermonters are sounding an alarm.

Crews have worked to restore power over the course of the week, the situation is increasingly dire for Cape residents. While some in area have taken refuge at overnight shelters, others are clamoring for the few hotel rooms in a region that famously shuts its doors in the offseason.